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From the post: Yet the same people who led the 30-person MSN Search team retained key leadership positions in the 3,000-person Bing team. How, exactly, does th
by Cherian_Abraham 15y ago
From the post: Yet the same people who led the 30-person MSN Search team retained key leadership positions in the 3,000-person Bing team. How, exactly, does this happen?
I would say, more often than not when you work in large corporations where either teams have grown uncontrollably, or where certain people who happened to be present in key positions early, has enough clout organizationally to warrant the same position even when the team grows or its responsibilities grow.
I have seen where consulting firms at Client organizations, where the Team Lead on the first client project who is managing three developers end up being the Program manager years later overseeing 40-50 consultants, with no real leadership experience.
- ralfd 15y agoBut is this always bad? I think it can also shows an organic growth and managers/leads will grow with their responsibilities. The alternative is, that someone is working her ass off only to be replaced as a reward.
- hello_moto 15y agoYears later he manage 40-50 consultants. Looks like he's expanding his portfolio. What is wrong with that? :) Are you saying he can't scale? What is "leadership" experience anyway since most execs these days only care about money and more bonuses...Gone are the days of execs working for the company and mentoring his underlings. But then again, execs know the game as good as anybody else: board members will cut execs at any time they want in favour of bigger cut of the pie of the company's profit anyway.